Windsor Castle Blend		Please Select 4 oz Bag $6.95 8 oz Bag $13.80 16 oz Bag $22.24

Information: 

West of London is the stately Windsor Castle - a home of the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom.  The castle is situated on a hill overlooking the countryside and dominating the skyline for the City of Windsor.  When the Queen or King is at residence, the royal standard is flown from the masthead of the main tower.  In 1993 there was a disastrous fire at Windsor Castle, destroying generations of royal collections, paintings and significant parts of the historic monument.  The queen undertook repairs and restoration of the castle and in 1997, Queen Elizabeth celebrated her 50 wedding anniversary there with a state dinner, giving the world its first view of the restoration.

To commemorate this gala evening a special tea was served.  The tea had to exhibit the following characteristics:

• unique and somewhat rare
• stout and resilient as the monarchy
• golden color to signify the nature of the monarchy
• flavory to enchant the guests
• historical to commemorate Windsor Castle
• a new blend to acknowledge the rebuilding and restoration of Windsor Castle

This blend meets all the criteria and was put together specially to commemorate this occasion.

Hot Brewing Method:
Bring freshly drawn cold water to just before a boil. Place 1 teaspoon of tea for each cut in the teapot. Pour your hot water over the leaves. Let steep for 3-7 minutes according to taste (The longer the steeping time the stronger the tea). Add milk and sugar to taste.

Iced tea brewing method:

Place 6 teaspoons of tea into a teapot or heat resistant pitcher.  Pour 1 1/4 cups of very hot water over to tea.  Steep for 5 minutes.  Pour the tea into your serving pitcher straining the leaves.  Add ice and garnish and sweeten to taste if desired.  Please note, this tea may tend to go cloudy or milky when poured over ice; a perfectly normal characteristic of some high quality black teas and nothing to worry about.